Never been to Germany but the best holiday i ever had was at a German filled hotel in Spain. We were the only Brits. We learned a lot about how to get drunk and have fun while staying in control. There were so many group activities, events for the children, i felt like part of a big family. At night we'd sit on the balcony listening to happy Germans laughing and drinking sangria around a big table by the pool. There was freedom in organisation, it was the best holiday i ever had and i still think about it to this day.
@GeeShocker2 ай бұрын
No towel issues? 😆
@juliee.70722 ай бұрын
@GeeShocker there were towel issues. That part is true 🤪
@GeeShocker2 ай бұрын
@@juliee.7072 i know, i'm german and i hate it. That's why i prefer hotels where you can book your sun lounger in advance. 😎
@glockenrein2 ай бұрын
Weirdly, the stereotype exists the other way around, too. 😂
@waltertanner7982Ай бұрын
wish I were there!
@joannemannion-smith72462 ай бұрын
If I remember correctly, when the Germany version of Monopoly was introduced, you could vote for your town / city and there was a massive campaign in Saarland to get it on the board. So much so, that Saarbrücken got the top spot.
@jnorway72952 ай бұрын
Love your videos! Danke for doing this podcast of you talking with each other about board games. Well done! And having been to Berlin & London too, I agree with your answers, Liam. You're such a sweet couple! 💕!
@robfriedrich28222 ай бұрын
About Skat: In Altenburg is a court for conflicts between players, where they decide, who has won. I bought a book with card game rules including some examples for solved cases.
@Jeffrey.Seelman2 ай бұрын
First thing I learned the first time I went to Germany was to use forks and knives for everything. Being an American, I asked why would I want to do that when I have two good hands. Germany's a great place. Great videos. Thanks.
@dontknowdocare2 ай бұрын
We play board games starting kindergarten. By the times we're adult we read 40 page manuals for games that take 3 hours to play and at least an hour to explain 😂. Not to forget the arguing about the rules and scouring internet forums for answers by the author of the game. You two need to go to the Spiel board game fair in Essen next year. It's loads of fun.
@Benni15152 ай бұрын
I'm learning German on duo now😊
@squidundertheinfluence2 ай бұрын
You climb up a ladder and slide down a snake in Snakes and Ladders. In the US, it’s Chutes and Ladders. The British version of Monopoly uses London street names, but the original version was licensed by a company not based in London so there are some strange choices for the streets used. Instead of Ludo, the US has Parcheesi. All from the Indian Parchisi
@Muslima-m8o2 ай бұрын
Du musst unbedingt einen Short machen, in dem Du sagst "I only understand train station" (Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof"). 😂 Ich liebe Deinen Kanal. Er ist voll gut. ❤
@M-a-k-o2 ай бұрын
Valerie: "But before we get to the games you wanna tell what we've been up to?" Me: Reminds me of my mum when I was a kid😂
@wangofree2 ай бұрын
Love you guys!
@XyperSkullNielson2 ай бұрын
That’s A Great Video and Podcast ❤
@heiner712 ай бұрын
Skat is awesome. We used to play it all the time while in college. I didn't think I was old then.
@waltertanner7982Ай бұрын
when I was 13, we played it in school under the table.
@dusenepodkrkem2 ай бұрын
Standard Monopoly: Buy a street, build a house... German Monopoly: Anschluss! No I am joking 😀but I couldn't resist. Because we have twoo beautiful games - the original Monopoly, called Business, maybe from 1920-1930. All the board with old Prague, names of streets and squares that will never come back. And second one, board game Riesengebirge, all in german, written in fractura and with tin "tourist" dolls. My grandma allways played with one, which she called "Hébrdlová" (no idea why 😋). That game was popular souvenir from Krkonoše (Riesengebirge) most populated by Germans.
@MissShell19692 ай бұрын
We had Chutes and Ladders growing up, and the other game was called Aggravation. Love your videos!
@heiner712 ай бұрын
We used to play a kids Monopoly a lot, because it does not take forever.
@Mery3-ir9uv2 ай бұрын
Omg how im gonna watch this for an hour straight !
@Audulf-of-Frisia2 ай бұрын
We in the Netherlands also say Verärgere dich nicht but translated into Dutch of course. Mens erger je niet. Human don't get annoyed.
@zuzka96802 ай бұрын
In Poland there are 2 names. Mensch ärgere Dich nicht (auf polish Człowieku, nie irytuj się) is one of them but more popular is Chinese (Chińczyk) . Why Chinese? I don't know. The origin game is pachisi and comes from India so I have no clue why
@robfriedrich28222 ай бұрын
14:00 London tried it with steam locomotive. Other cities got underground city trains after invention and introduction of the electric locomotive. The first ones in Europe were Budapest, Berlin, Hamburg. Moscow started later, but it grows fast.
@lewis722 ай бұрын
We used to play "Escape from Coldidz" many years ago. That was fun !
@simonchilli20882 ай бұрын
My dad went to the nth degree so we refused to play it with him.
@lewis722 ай бұрын
@@simonchilli2088 🤣 My Uncle could speak German, so he would always be the guards and then go on a comedic Hitler-style rant. We would all laugh so much.
@Occaecare2 ай бұрын
Mens erger je niet, Ganzenbord, Wie is het? ❤ I actually live in walking distance of the East Side mall One of the things I like about Berlin (don't know about other cities) are the small independent cinemas. Just a small room with chairs, sofas etc playing films without dubbing, also often independent films.
@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl2 ай бұрын
A very nice board game, particularly with more than two players, is Malefiz (German name; maybe Barricade in other languages). With four players it can get really wild because coalitions might develop and possibly change.
@sabinehufnagel95612 ай бұрын
OMG, I hated Malefiz!!! All the white block stones we're always placed right in front of me, piling Up 😡😡😡 I obviously didn't have too nice friends 😉
@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vlАй бұрын
@@sabinehufnagel9561 oh yes, I've played a number of times thinking I'm here only to get all barricades placed in front of me and to get kicked out at every opportunity. But then that's how I've learned to cope with defeat and to take a game for what it is or should be - having fun together with the other players.
@waltertanner7982Ай бұрын
@@sabinehufnagel9561I loved it, 40 yrs ago… Best with 2 couples!
@chillinginmars2 ай бұрын
I would love if you two could react to german love island
@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl2 ай бұрын
About the number of languages spoken my guess was London too. There are several reasons to assume that it's London: it's not only the capital of the UK with many embassies but also the economic and financial center of the UK. Also it's the location of several British Commonwealth institutions. Its universities and academies. Immigration from former colonies of which the UK had far more than Germany.
@RalphIvanDelaTonga2 ай бұрын
This is bound to be interesting
@Jigmaga2 ай бұрын
His voice is soo deep and high😭
@M-a-k-o2 ай бұрын
He's impersonating Dwayne Johnson😉
@jediritter19772 ай бұрын
We say,, Uno Uno"
@_maeusle2 ай бұрын
If you want to drive 1.5 hours, there is another way to watch films in the original language: Stuttgart-Vaihingen Corso... I know that's even further away and I couldn't even tell you what you could combine the trip with to make the travel time worth it. But maybe you'll find something interesting in the area
@saskia4219Ай бұрын
I love Skat! The rules take a bit of explaining, but as soon as you know them it's really cool. It's a great balance between luck and strategy, so you can easily win games as beginner with good cards (which you will get eventually except if you are really unlucky, but normally you're bound to get some rounds. And even if you don't, you still get to play and strategise as the opponent, even if you don't get points, so it's still fun.), but there's also a lot of strategies and psychologically factors (learning your opponent's strategies, determining the cards of your opponent and your team player from way they play cards) you can master, which makes it way more interesting than games mostly or purely based on luck.
@Lildino-q6y2 ай бұрын
Why is his voice so deep 🥲
@Saint_Dan1322 ай бұрын
from glasgow with love
@yugomix7172 ай бұрын
Love your videos
@Matt..S2 ай бұрын
You guys should have played the games in the podcast, similar to Rocketbeans. Carcassonne would be amazing, something unique and decidedly German, unlike most other games that are well known everywhere or have similar editions. Or Schwarzer Peter, which would be fun from a language pov, because the animal names are kinda made up and ridiculous, ie Gans und Gänserich, Ente und Enterich(which should be Erpel...)
@SamlSchulze11042 ай бұрын
I like the way she says "Tonnen"
@SwordQuake22 ай бұрын
14:45 lol, well where else would they make it before Europe? The industrial revolution started in the UK, is course it would be there.
@KahlAlphOrkius2 ай бұрын
33:09 "Chutes and Ladders" or "Snakes and Ladders". They are the same game. "The Funny Ladder Game" is a great name, though.
@debtyler2152 ай бұрын
Loved this ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤xxxxx
@Kajotex2 ай бұрын
First time i watched this podcast, cause NOW you're in my wheelhouse! First off, on the topic of "playing it wrong" you raised for Mensch Ärgere Dich Nicht, you most probably play Monopoly wrong too. The most common mistakes people make are 1. There is NO money EVER going to free parking or into the middle and then collected by getting on free parking. This is rule is not in the rulebook, its a hearsay rule we all inherited from our parents for some reason and is the biggest contributor to extremely long playtimes. 2. When someone lands on a property and declines to buy it, the property is immediately auctioned off to the highest bidder, including the person landing there. You can get properties much cheaper that way. 3. Materials are capped on purpose. You need 4 houses on a place to buy a hotel. You can't skip this. Never buy hotels, buy only houses to starve your competition of materials. Kind of like getting a.... monopoly on houses ;) Games you might want to try that are pretty fun and easy to get into: Cardgames: Bohnanza (Simple trading with bean cards), Skull King (Trick taking game with pirate theme) and Hanabi (Cooperative game with limited information where you hold your hand of cards _away_ from you). Boardgames: Dixit (Guess cards on clues from other players and try to confuse with your own contributions), Concept (Guess what your team is trying to tell you through simple pictograms on a board), Unlock Series (Escape games with app support) and Pandemic (Try to save the world from deadly viruses as a team) There are thousands of new board games being released every year. The biggest board game convention in the world is held in germany yearly, the Essen SPIEL. If you ever come around Lüneburg on a Tuesday, we might be holding a free open boardgame night you could join. Websearch for boardgame palooza, see you there ;) (Could go on and on on this topic..., love boardgames so much.)
@waltertanner7982Ай бұрын
what about the Nürnberger Spielwarenmesse?
@KajotexАй бұрын
@@waltertanner7982 Ah I wasn't aware of that one. But that also only for business exchange, you can't attend as a normal player, afaik
@waltertanner7982Ай бұрын
@@Kajotex I thought there was 1 day for the public, like at Musikmesse Frankfurt.
@imjustsomeguy72Ай бұрын
12:37 "I've prepared a game for you," is probably deliverred in the most German way possible, in English.
@squidundertheinfluence2 ай бұрын
Rockem Sockem Robots? Are those a thing in Germany and the UK?
@salvadoroliveira66322 ай бұрын
It would be easier to send ideas for skits if your channel has an email.
@saskia4219Ай бұрын
1:00:09 Wait, so level 8 is Phase 10, just with 8 levels instead of 10 then? I actually was thinking of that, but then thought: "Nah, Phase 10 has 10 levels."
@Dani.Lettering2 ай бұрын
you two are very charming and lovely, my best wishes to you
@alananderson6812Ай бұрын
I like her accent. Reminds me of how my German teacher spoke at school.
@UKCoastwalk2 ай бұрын
German games are great. You guys should try Bohnanza, it's a card game where you are a bean farmer, planting and trading different varieties of beans. Very tactical but fun. 😊
@ichimiustin83902 ай бұрын
Ich hatte den Speil mit den Pferden als Kind. Das kann ich mich sicher erinnern.
@jake88362 ай бұрын
In dutch we say Mens erger je niet
@CJCJ-m8vАй бұрын
I think the og Monopoly is based on Atlantic City, NJ
@clinthowe7629Ай бұрын
Rock em sock em robots, I never got to play when i was a kid, but it looked fun.
@CorneliaS-i6kАй бұрын
ich liebe das Spiel Uno Uno
@eikejmeyerАй бұрын
Most of these games are very old. fun memories, but if you are looking for modern boardgames with potentially cooler game designs try 7 wonders, Top Ten, Mysterium or 5 minute dungeon. Or Pandemic legacy. So many games out there to try outside the classics.
@noobcrafter12342 ай бұрын
in germany we dont say
@merlingo15032 ай бұрын
Mensch ärgere dich nicht! Hab sogar mal die 6er Version gespielt
@Matt..S2 ай бұрын
ooohh look at you, Mr. Popular. Best german board game is King Arthur, because you can play it alone hahaha
@DevAnubis2 ай бұрын
Cost of living, 'aint many single people able to live alone in Landan.
@deedd44012 ай бұрын
arrrgh ... I feel betrayed by the name of the video :) as it should be called ..Board and Card games your grand parents used to play, when they were kids. Anyway, it's hard to believe most of these are not even from this millenium .. especially coming from someone who comes from post (and yet somehow -still ) communist Slovakia :D Also, the mortal sin of not mentioning the game with absolutely perfect name for a couple like you - Ganz schon Clever - is strong with this video :) but had a good time listening to you anyway. So please, do your-self a favor and get these two - - 1. Ganz Schon Clever .... and Sea Salt and Paper :) they are small and cheap ... modern and fun , not taking too long to play. You can thank me later - looking forwards to more of your vids.
@enisra_bowman2 ай бұрын
Particular when the Games like Wingspan or Cascadia even called "German-Style Board Games"
@BrianMarcus-nz7cs2 ай бұрын
Hansa Teutonic ah 🥂👍
@hellevorstАй бұрын
I have prepared questions !! SILENCE! You will now enjoy zee questions! SILENCE!
@robnorton94962 ай бұрын
Try Go Johnny Go Go Go Go
@SovietUnion-q1o2 ай бұрын
Liam just meet the rock
@vepeblue2792Ай бұрын
Would love to meet you guys in Berlin
@holger_pАй бұрын
If a game is too simple, like UNO it becomes boring soon. It's good to include 8 year olds or introverts.
@lydiayujin2 ай бұрын
este 🎉
@Eyes_On_AmericaАй бұрын
39:00 schafkopf is more fun
@Matt..S2 ай бұрын
Best german board game is King Arthur, because you can play it alone hahaha
@seandeeks76772 ай бұрын
The Empire and the Fatherland!!! 😁😁
@seandeeks76772 ай бұрын
Need to start making 👶👶👶 😉
@holger_pАй бұрын
No classics like Bridge and Canasta coming up ? Watched too much Downton Abbey I guess.
@Kimchiiii882 ай бұрын
Soooooooo deeeeep 🥰😂
@Goreboxenjoyerguyyaya.i2 ай бұрын
Hard language
@danddjacko2 ай бұрын
Your Board Games, considering Germany hosts Spiel Essen 🙄🙄😏
@dasLumpi2 ай бұрын
Heidenei
@bladerr9002 ай бұрын
London is not a great place to live far too expensive the underground is so expensive transport in Germany is cheap compared also London is dirty like no pride where in Germany it seems people are more proud of their city’s
@Zenoxsx2 ай бұрын
Hallo.
@egorka94682 ай бұрын
Do Germans call Dwayne Johnson "Stein"?
@M-a-k-o2 ай бұрын
More like Fels🤭
@Pommesss52 ай бұрын
Jaaa 😅
@bl4ckout362 ай бұрын
The Brock
@thomaspeterkierzek22172 ай бұрын
No, they use english. The rock
@thomaspeterkierzek22172 ай бұрын
Der Fels
@BigReggie2 ай бұрын
I guess you don't know that Mr. Dwayne is on epstein island as well as the diddy freak off lists.
@comvncheАй бұрын
so much bet'aa then anysing daun here
@GabiS.498Ай бұрын
Spielen gehört zu Deutschland
@waltertanner7982Ай бұрын
since Schillers famous essay about Spielen, around 225 yrs ago
@YashAmbekar-oq5pk2 ай бұрын
Hii I am indian now I am in Germany please meet with me